Pie-plate lifter



No. 626,289. Patented .lune 6, |899.. W. P. MURPHY.

PIE PLATE LIFTER. (Apumion med my. a, m99.)

(N0 Model.)

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VILLIAM I). MURPHY, OF SAN JOS, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO A.E. VINLOV, OF VVILLOWGLEN, CALIFORNIA.

PIE-PLATE LIFTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 626,289, dated June 6,1899.

Application filed March 8. 1899.

To @ZZ whom, zit Hefty concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM P. MURPHY, a citizen of the United States,residing at San Jos, in the county of Santa Clara and State ofCalifornia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPie-Plate Lifters; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art Io to which it appertains to make and use the same.

llzlyinvention relates to novel improvements in pie-plate lifters; andthe object is to provide a simple, inexpensive, and convenient device ofthis character.

To this end the invention consists in the construction, combination, andarrangement of the several elements of the device, as will behereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed out in theclaim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of myimproved pie-plate lifter or graspen Fig. 2 is a similar view showingthe manner of using the same.

l denotes an oblong rectangular frame formed with a single piece ofWire, with its forward end turned downwardly and inwardly to form thejaw 2so as to extend under the flaring lip or flange of the pie-plate,as shown. Near the opposite end of the frame the parallel membersthereof connected by an end brace a are formed with integral alined eyes3 3 to receive the transverse yoke 4 of the wire handle 5. This handleis also formed of a single piece of wire, which is twisted together, asshown, to form the handle 5 and the transverse yoke Il, the outer endsof which are turned downwardly and inwardly to form the grasping hooks 66, as shown.

The manner of using the device is to attach it to a pie-plate, as shownin Fig. 2, and then press the handle down in the direction of the arrow,so that the hooks will extend up under Serial No. 708,270. (No model.)

the contiguous flange of the plate. The plate may now be lifted andremoved from the oven without danger of burning the hands, and by simply lifting the handle the hooks are withdrawn from the iiange and thedevice removed from the plate.

Should the plate and its contents be unusu- 5o ally heavy, the handle 5will rest upon the brace @,whioh thus divides the weightbetween thehandle and the forward part of the frame, and likewise in adjusting thedevice to a plate the brace ct rests against the underside of the 5 5handle and supports the frame l parallel with the handle, so that it canbe conveniently directed and manipulated both in adjusting and detachingthe lifter from the plate.

The accompanying drawings show my in- 6o vention in the best form nowknown to me; but many changes in the details might be made within theskill of a good mechanic without departing from the spirit of myinvention as set forth in the claim at the end of this specification.

I-Iaving thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new anduseful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, 1s-

A pie-plate lifter, comprising the rectangular Wire frame l, formed atone end with the jaw 2, and at the other with the end brace a and nearthe same end with the transverselyalined eyes 3 3, in combination withthe han- 75 dle 5, formed with the transverse yoke 4, j ournaled in saideyes, and having its outer ends terminating in the grasping-hooks G 6,substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set 8o my hand in presence of twosubscribing Witnesses. VILLIAM P. MURPHY.

Vitnesses:

1I. A. BLANCHARD, W. C. KENNEDY.

